How Much Cooling is Enough?

liammac001

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Let me start out by telling you that this is my first custom PC build ever. I know quite a lot about the components in the computer, and I'm fairly sure they will all work well. (Build is located here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tpPCkL) However, since I've never built a PC before, I don't know exactly what to do for cooling. I don't think any of the components in my build are TOO hot, so I was going to go with two cheap high speed 120 mm Yate Loon's (http://www.amazon.com/Yate-120mm-Speed-D12SH-12-Black/dp/B0047EDSWW/ref=pd_cp_pc_1). The case also comes with a 120 exhaust fan. I was going to leave the exhaust fan be, and use the two Yate Loon's as intake fans. Would this be enough cooling for this build? If not, what could I do? This case only supports two 120 mm intake fans and one exhaust fan anyways, so I couldn't use a 140 mm fan. If you have any comments on the build and not just the cooling situation I would love to hear them also! Thanks! (P.S., I would be doing some long gaming sessions with this build on high settings, but no overclocking, due to the limited capabilities of the motherboard.)
 
Solution
You don't need anymore cooling with that build. You're fine with just the exhaust fan that comes with the case and the stock cooler that comes with your CPU is enough.